MTLNOVEL Chapter 1602: Hunting Owl Bears
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Eventually, the Owl Bear seemed to have died, but it took more attacks than I thought! However, each blow was super-fast, even as we ran to their help, we saw them finishing off that Owl Bear.
And at the same time, I also noticed Goldie, he was erecting barriers of light to reflect incoming claw attacks and then fired sunlight beams from his body.
"Don't you dare look down on me! I am a dragon, not your dinner!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Owl Bears let out agonizing cries as their bodies were covered by beams of light, but they charged relentlessly, as the description said, they were very aggressive and reckless.
"{Accursed Abyss Chains}! {Abyssal Body And Soul Paralyzing Curse}!"
However, in that moment, Monica went all out, catalyzing the power of her Teddy Bear into her magic and unleashing dozens of black chains everywhere, wrapping around the bodies or limbs of the Owl Bears.
As this happened, the owl bears were instantly paralyzed, the curse that the chains carried making even their souls feel the paralysis…
"Now, Elisa, Goldie!"
The two nodded, as Elisa kicked and punched them, while her Draconic Aura became enormous and more solid, unleashing breath attacks of golden flames, light, and lightning, while Goldie opened his fish-like mouth to unleash a breath attack of sunlight.
Their combined attacks rapidly took down three Owl Bears, four of them had died and the two remaining ones panicked, trying to break their chains to fight back, yeah, they didn't even plan to escape.
"That's enough! Please stop already! You don't have to fight for everything!"
Monica cried, growing angrier, her dark, spectral aura grew immensely strong, as giant skeletal hands appeared, made out of phantasmal flames and cursed darkness.
These were most likely her Physique Ability combined with her Magic, generating a powerful Aura.
"{Soul Eating Curse} + {Cursed Phantom Claws} + {Shadow Ghost Cursed Claws}!"
Her Spells and Physique Abilities merged into a single powerful Aura Embodiment…
I think we didn't even need to help them.
"{Soul-Devouring Abyssal Cursed Specter Claws}!"
SLAAASH! SLAAASH!
The two claws cut through the remaining Owl Bears, their souls instantly split apart into two, as their bodies burned by phantasmal flames, until they stopped struggling, their eyes rolling back and dying.
"I suppose we didn't even need to help you guys! Are you alright?" I asked, with a smile on my face.
"A-Ah! Yes!" Monica nodded. "There was no need, this much, we can handle it on our own by now, right?"
"Yeah!" Elisa nodded. "Nothing these little guys could really do to us anyway… But these beasts are huge, and their fur and feathers are very beautiful, let alone those claws, they seem mighty strong! Lady Elayne, would you not mind storing them and then butchering their bodies? I think they could make great equipment…"
"Of course, I am just amazed you could handle that, I guess I underestimated you girls," I giggled, walking towards the corpses and storing them.
"Hmph! And what about me?! I worked my scaled ass out!" Goldie complained. "I deserve praise, snacks, petting and kisses!"
"Hahaha! Okay, maybe you worked well as well, big fish," I nodded, patting his head. "There you go."
I gave him a butchered piece of meat from the Owl Bear, which had a strong meaty smell with some chicken to it.
The meat was without bones, nice to eat and enjoy.
"Ooohh? D-Don't think this is enough… Nom, nom…! Hmmm?! Delicious! Ooogghh!"
He enjoyed it quite a lot, he was a simple creature.
"Let's get going then, before we end up calling more of those." I said. "Although we can handle them, I would rather not have them bothering us all the time. We don't want to waste more time."
"They'll definitely come!" Katherine said. "We better escape their territory quickly; they're very vengeful creatures. They'll smell the blood and get angry."
"Just how many of these things are out there?" Mark asked.
"Thousands probably, this forest is very big after all," Katherine said. "Don't use your logic from Earth in here, when beasts take over a territory, there can be tens of thousands of them everywhere. This Realm being so gigantic allows for a great variety of beast populations and such, and it has continued expanding since its creation, there's always new uncharted lands the farther you go from the capital, places none of us had visited yet rumored to be full of natural treasures and deadly spirit beasts."
"Interesting," I nodded with a smile. "Alright, let's go! Maybe one day, when we're more relaxed and with free time, we could go explore to our heart's content."
We quickly resumed our journey through Avalon, finally passing through the Giant Tree Forest and reaching the Atlas Flower Garden after thirty minutes, just as Katherine had said.
The scenery change was very abrupt, the Giant Tree Forest was dark due to the trees covering most of the sky, making the interior dark because the sunrays couldn't reach the interior completely.
However, once we stepped out, sunrays hit us like a truck, and it felt slightly blinding, the light of this sun was very bright, almost twice as brighter and stronger than the Sun back on Earth… A normal person would definitely not be able to survive it.
The atmosphere of this Realm was also very heavy with lots of oxygen due to the immense quantity of plants everywhere, so I bet things can be combusted pretty easily, forest fires might be common.
Lastly, the second reason why the atmosphere was so thin was the energy within the environment, compared to Earth, the Mana in the atmosphere and the environment was probably two hundred times more. And if compared to Arcadia, still at least twenty times as more Mana and Spirit Energy, even when compared to the Forest of Beginnings.
Once more, a normal person would suffocate to death in here, despite how welcoming it might seem to most people, if you aren't awakened, and sufficiently strong, you're not going to survive this, it is like entering an alien planet despite all looking familiar and whimsical.
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